Halloween Has a Darker History Than You Might Imagine
Posted on October 30, 2026 by Marvin Evans
Halloween didn’t come from one place. It grew out of two traditions that overlapped for centuries: the Gaelic festival of Samhain, and the Christian season of All Hallows’ Eve, All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. The costumes, trick-or-treating and jack-o’-lanterns arrived later, carried along by medieval folk customs, Irish and Scottish emigrants, and twentieth-century […]